The 'world's oldest whisky' found hidden in a Scottish castle and once sipped by Queen Victoria is fetching 13K a bottle at auction.
The collection of bottles were discovered behind a cellar door in Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland - distilled around 190 years ago in 1833.
It is understood to be the oldest known Scotch whisky in existence with 24 bottles currently being sold via Perth based Whisky Auctioneer.
The bottles are expected to sell for over £240,000 - and several bottles have already hit their £10,000 reserve price.
The auction's leading lot has already attracted 27 bids of up to £13,000.
The sale opened on Friday and is set to close on Monday (4 December).
Whisky Auctioneer said: "When discovered, the bottles were found with a plaque that stated a distillation year of 1833, bottling year of 1841, and a subsequent rebottling year of 1932.
"Should these dates be accurate, this would mean the bottles contain the oldest known, by vintage, Scotch whisky left in existence.''
The collection of bottles were discovered behind a cellar door in Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland - distilled around 190 years ago in 1833.
It is understood to be the oldest known Scotch whisky in existence with 24 bottles currently being sold via Perth based Whisky Auctioneer.
The bottles are expected to sell for over £240,000 - and several bottles have already hit their £10,000 reserve price.
The auction's leading lot has already attracted 27 bids of up to £13,000.
The sale opened on Friday and is set to close on Monday (4 December).
Whisky Auctioneer said: "When discovered, the bottles were found with a plaque that stated a distillation year of 1833, bottling year of 1841, and a subsequent rebottling year of 1932.
"Should these dates be accurate, this would mean the bottles contain the oldest known, by vintage, Scotch whisky left in existence.''
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00:07 Since the 13th century, Blair Castle
00:10 has stood in the heart of Scotland
00:12 in Highland Perthshire.
00:13 Its 750-year-old walls have endured wars, welcomed royalty,
00:21 and rejoiced in celebration.
00:25 Its estate spans an area once rich in the history
00:28 of whiskey distillation.
00:30 Eventually, many of the region's stills ran dry,
00:37 and the whiskey turned to local folklore.
00:41 But there remained one secret yet to be revealed.
00:45 Hidden inside the castle walls that
00:47 protected it for over a century, a treasure
00:49 left undisturbed, the world's oldest bottles of Scotch whiskey
00:54 distilled in the early 19th century.
00:56 Now, there is a once-in-a-lifetime chance
00:59 to own this whiskey as it comes to auction.
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